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Chapter One Hundred and Seventy.
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This time? Hugo threatened to disown Amelia, if she stood on her words and not let him in to the business or whatever it was, she uses the money she takes from him every week to do.

Amelia was caught in between telling the father she was truly not aware of what Seth had been doing with the money he’s been asking her to get from her father, and being disowned by her own father, who meant the entire world to her.

But the moment she realised, her father Hugo was not really threatening her but meant every bit of his words.

She knew them, it was time cause she could not bare to live her word without her father in it, which she also knew her mother Theresa, would do nothing to change his mind if it's being decided.

"Forgive me daddy" she said, her tone dripping in husk.

But Hugo who had expected her to say something after everything he had said to her, sat and quite looking disappointment.

Does his daughter really want to try out his patience or what? After the life he had provided for he
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